In a fight to the finish, research aims knockout punch at hepatitis b
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
In a new study, researchers report a breakthrough in the pursuit of new hepatitis B drugs that could help cure the virus. The researchers were able to measure and then block a previously unstudied enzyme to stop the virus from replicating, taking advantage of known similarities with another major pathogen, HIV.